Vulnerability · Published Jul 29, 2024 · Assigned by apple
CVE-2024-40788
Medium 6.2
In plain English
A medium-severity type confusion in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.7.9 and iPadOS 16.7.9, iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6, macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8, tvOS 17.6, visionOS 1.3, watchOS 10.6. A local attacker may be able to cause unexpected system shutdown.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-843 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120908
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120909
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120910
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120911
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120912
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120914
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120915
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/120916
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214117 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214116 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214120 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214124 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214119 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214123 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214122 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214118 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/16 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/23 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/21 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/20 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/17 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/22 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18 x_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/19 x_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214124
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214122
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214120
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214118
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214117
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214116